D.G. Martin, Author at Chapelboro.com

One on One: Red, Blue, or Purple

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 14, 2024 | D.G. Martin, Town Square

Buy this book. “Anatomy of a Purple State: A North Carolina Politics Primer” by Christopher Cooper. Read it before Election Day on November 5 and you will understand a lot more about elections in our state than you do now.

One on One: The Great Floods of 1916 and 2024

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 7, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

D.G. Martin writes about several instances of major floods in North Carolina, and how people’s experiences with Helene is the latest chapter.

One on One: Revisiting The War On Terror

Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 30, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

In September 2001, After the attack on the World Trade Center, I wrote the following in this...

One on One: Republican Kamikazes

Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 23, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

The Wall Street Journal editors turned their newspaper’s attention to North Carolina last week. In...

One on One: A Penny for Your Thoughts

Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 16, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Could we live without pennies? For the most part we are already getting along using credit cards, electronic payments and other non-cash devices to bill and pay. Merchants, even at the farmers’ markets, happily take credit cards even though it costs them a little extra.